Irenosyrinx hypomela
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| Irenosyrinx hypomela | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Cochlespiridae |
| Genus: | Irenosyrinx |
| Species: | I. hypomela |
| Binomial name | |
| Irenosyrinx hypomela (Dall, 1889) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Irenosyrinx hypomela is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cochlespiridae. [1]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 59 mm
Distribution
This species is found in European waters along the British Isles, in the Atlantic Ocean along West Africa and the Sargasso Sea, and in the Caribbean Sea along Cuba.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Irenosyrinx hypomela (Dall, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 August 2011.
- Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1980). Revision of the North-East Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies Suppl. 8: 1-119
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
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